GW2 Scarlet’s Secret Lair guide

A guide to getting the Power Core Components and the various Code Fragments to get inside Scarlet’s Secret Lair located in Lornar’s Pass.

Getting Started

After doing the Twisted Marionette event in Lornar’s Pass for the first time (win or fail both works), your Living World story in your top right corner will update and you will be asked to head to Lion’s Arch to enter a story instance. After completing the story instance, you will be tasked with finding Scarlet’s Secret Lair, which is also an achievement called The Secret Lair.

The Twisted Marionette event occurs every 2 hrs on the hour in Lornar’s pass near False River Waypoint.

Getting to Scarlet’s Secret Lair

Go to Durmand Priory section of Lornar’s Pass and follow the dotted line into the cave below. If you have done the Guild Rush (Bear Lope), it is the same cave. If not watch the video below. This will grant you 10 Power Core Fragments right away. Note that you will be unable to open the door inside Scarlet’s Secret Lair but that is okay. Keep reading.

Energy Probes/Power Core Components

You will need 50 Power Core Components to assemble into a power core, which will open the door inside Scarlet’s Secret Lair. Inside the lair are also chests from each faction that require 25 of the respective code fragments to open.

You get 10 Power Core Components when you discover Scarlet’s Secret Lair for the first time. So you will just need to gather 40 more Power Core Components to gain access.

Getting the remaining 40 Power Core Components

To get the remaining Power Core Components, you need to interact with the Energy Probes scattered all over the map. Interacting them once you have killed their defenders and destroyed them will give you anywhere from 1-3 Power Core Components.

Note: If the Energy Probe have already being destroyed recently by someone else, it won’t be interactable. Interactable ones are marked on your map.

You can use this map compiled by redditors from this thread. There seems to be at least 1 Energy Core in every map except for the start maps and city maps. You will need to travel from zone to zone, checking the zone map in each to see if there are any Energy Cores up. if there is an Energy Probe up, then get there ASAP. There is a small window after someone destroyed it when you can loot the Power Core Components as well.

Code Fragments

Once you have the Power Core, the next step is gather code fragments. There are 5 types and you need 25 of each to form a cypher that can unlock the corresponding box inside Scarlet’s Secret Lair.

Watchwork Code Fragment

Aetherblade Code Fragment

Toxic Code Fragment

Molten Code Fragment

Scarlet’s Lockbox Code Fragment

There are three ways to obtain them at the moment

Doing the Twisted Marionette which occurs every 2 hrs on the hour in Lornar’s Pass. There are 5 paths here in the event and each path is a random assortment of mobs. Champions usually drop these code fragment the most often and since a lot of the champions are Twisted Clockworks, you will be getting a lot of Watchwork Code Fragments.

Once you have say 25 Watchwork Code Fragment, you can combine them to turn into Watchwork Cypher and head back to Scarlet’s Secret Lair. Once you have unlocked it, you do not need another 50 Power Core Fragments for re-entry. Opening the box corresponding to the Watchwork Cypher seem to give you a couple more fragments.

If you fail the Twisted Marionette event, you get a bag of Scarlet’s Spare Keys and can pick one bag from bags containing all but Scarlet’s Lockbox Code Fragment. Each bag contains 5 code fragments.

Journal Fragments

Unlocking each box inside Scarlet’s Secret Lair will give you a corresponding Scarlet Briar Fragments. Collect all 5 fragments to assemble them into Scarlet Briar’s Journal.

No, there is a time limit on how long the energy probe remains interactable after being destroyed by someone. If you try to interact it after that time limit, it won’t work.

Eric Morehouse

Fair enough, It’s a decent amount of time tho 1 minute+ I collected about 100 of them the lazy way like this LOL.

Journal code is OMADD (for me at least)

Not sure what the “TV” means that pops up

digi_owl

Heh, would have made more sense to have the code be UMAD…

Thorghan

I can confirm this. When the probe is destroyed, the map marker disappears. But you still have a small window of 1-2 minutes, in which you can interact with it, and collect the power cores even if you enter the map, after it’s been destroyed.

digi_owl

So it is pretty much like the Halloween doors or Wintersday presents…

Eric Morehouse

These are the 5 pictures that pop up after accessing the console with Scarlett’s Journal.

It’s a lot easier than Tequatl and the new wurm. The event has been finished several times on overflow servers.

Hachi-chan

And what can you do with the journal?

Nilas_Thomsen

It tells you the password to the codex, as well as Scarlet’s thoughts.

buzzard05

I have done the Twisted Marionette four times (and failed each time) and have yet to see that window where you choose from the colored bags.

Sty

You should get one orange bag if the event fails and 5 orange bags if the event succeeds. The window appears when you double-clik on the bag.

digi_owl

Seems you get one bag no matter what, and an additional pr chain broken beyond the first.

My server failed the event after getting two chains down, and i found myself with two of those bags.

Sty

Yes, seems it works that way.

earrath

No bag for me and done it two times :S

Earrath

I’ve done it two times and I didn’t got the rewards for failing any ideas?

digi_owl

Having to gather 300 items just to unlock a story item with no practical game world value seems a bit excessive.

In particular with the guarded stomper towers that give out 1-3 core fragments after each fight (and then go on cooldown for who knows how long).

One would have thought that ANet had learned by now, as this is the same kind of “meh” mechanic they have been putting in since the first Halloween event.

Sty

You also have a lot of items in the chests of Scarlett’s room, not only the journal. And as you drop a lot of fragments during the fight against the marionette, it is just an indirect way to obtain loots.

Spectral

The chests within the lair also drop 1 rare (or perhaps better) item and 1 salvage item with greens and blues ofc. They also drop Scarlet’s Lockbox Fragments (or w/e) and Journal pages. This chapter is focused on STORY of Scarlet and we find out how she got mad.

That is it, you get some images that pop up and reveal Scarlet’s motives, which I won’t spoil here

KaS

You can spoil it now since we can’t do it anymore. So.. what WERE Scarlet’s motives?

Targ

Did anyone see the image (behind thecurved pipe) of the rocket powered goat in Scarlet’s hideout? She is crazy.

Redemption2021

Note sure if this was already noted, but guesting to 2 other servers can speed up collection from power nodes. I was able to complete all 50 in about 10 minutes only having to migrate maps a few times. Most on other server were still up or just down. Also not sure if this is noted here, but you can keep making keys and open already opened chests in scarlet’s lair for more loot.

jessickz

dulfyyyyyyyyyy doe..I have a question does it matter which key you use? do they all contain equal loot? Just wondering 4 diff keys but if its all the same loot..why have diff cyphers w/e >_>..

Each box give you a different part of the journal but the loot is all same.

Elstaso

to crack the code on the console, read the journal and put in the odd capital letters found on each page

Raizel

Diessa Plateau has 3 probes.

Oliver Oblivious

Please note: if u don’t have 25 people playing, it’s almost impossible to sever one chain. If no chains are severed, you get nothing.
1 chain = 1 bag
2 chains = 2 bags
Etc.

necotene

have went to the secret lair place many times after doing the Lions Arch instance and still never get the 10 power cores. Do you have to complete all 5 paths of the Twisted Marionette first ? I’ve done 4 so far.

I think it might be gone since it is part of the story and they only stay up for 2 weeks 🙁

Enok Dencker

I am inside there now, opening chests 😀
And the living story is also still up, you better hurry.

Mina.Harker

Ty Enok, I tried it this morning and all I found was a veteran where the Lair is supposed to be 🙁
I think Dulfy is right, I think it’s gone.

Enok Dencker

Behind the Veteran is a projection of a rock wall. Go through the wall and you find it. 🙂
It is still there.

Guest

I will underline what Enok Said, make sure you’re at the right rock wall.

I got the Energy Probe Defender Slayer, Energy Probe Dismantler, The Secret Lair achievements and opened each chest and put together the journal pieces.

All of that was done this afternoon. So those are still doable, and the secret lair is still there. (I just followed the video step for step)
Why was I so late on doing achievements? Because procrastination! Good luck!

Atratzu

Ugh. I have no idea why my screenshot posted itself 4 times. I’m sorry, I tried deleting it and reposting but now it’s a guest posting. /quits

Mina.Harker

Tyvm sweet dulfy. I think you’re right. It might be gone. I tried this morning and all I found was a veteran where the Lair is supposed to be.
Ty again.

Elycion

I just discovered Scarlett’s Lair 5 minutes before making this post. I never did the LA story before it was removed. Simply walk through the illusionary wall the vet troll spawns next to and you’re there.

Eve

I’m in there right now. No more achievements though

Seamur

I started clearing cheevos yesterday and I got most of them today. Basically all living story cheevos are still available.

BruinInSeattle

seems the Energy Probes are no longer active? are they all kaput now?

Koka

So, do we still have some use for Aetherblade, Watchwork, Toxic, Molten, Scarlet’s Lockbox Code Fragments & Power Core Components after that part of the Living World is finished? Can we safely destroy them from our inventory? If we have 2, 10 or 17 or any number below 25?

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